A review of spatial and temporal assessment of PFOS and PFOA contamination in China

Chemistry and Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 163-177

  Chen, Chunli ^a,b   Lu, Yonglong ^a   Zhang, Xiang ^a,b   Geng, Jing ^a,b,c   Wang, Tieyu ^a   Shi, Yajuan ^a   Hu, Wenyou ^a,b   Li, Jing ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Fresh water systems; Humans; Organisms; Perfluorinated organic pollutants (PFOS; PFOA); Persistent organic pollutants (POPs)

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SULFONATE; SURFACE WATER; URBAN POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; CHINA; DONGGUAN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; HUANGPU RIVER; SHANGHAI;

EID: 70449368202     PISSN: 02757540     EISSN: 10290370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757540902918321     Document Type: Article

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